Electric jiffy creaser



June 21, 1932. CONLEY ET AL 1,864,408

ELECTRIC JIFFY CREASER Filed Aug. 27. 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORSATTOR NEV June 21, 1932.

R. E. CONLEY ET AL ELECTRIC JIFFY CREASER Filed Aug. 27. 1930 2Sheets-Sheet 2 F095 [Zn/eya 0270 M wr/qg A lmg ATTORNEY Patented June21, 1932 BOY E. CONLEY AND OTTO M. GONLEY, OF FOS' IORIA, OHIO ELECTRICJIFFY OREASER Application filed August 27, 1930. Serial No. 478,241.

Our present invention has reference to a creasing device for fabrics,and is principally designed as a means for creasing the sleeves ofcoats, trousers and like garments when the latter are suspended fromhangers and wherein the creasing operation is obtained in an easy, quickand thoroughly effective manner.

A still further object is the provision of a fabric or clothing creasingdevice in which the creasing plates or irons are electrically heated andin which the device is manipulated by a single operator, so that thedevice may H be brought readily and easily over the entire 1;, portionof the garment to be creased and the creasing operation thus obtained inan easy and positive manner.

The invention will be fully and comprehensively understood from aconsideration 26 of the following detailed description when read inconnection with the accompanying drawings which form part of theapplication, with the understanding, however, that the improvement iscapable of extended application and is not confined to the exact showingof the drawings nor to the precise construction described and,therefore, such changes and modifications may be made therefrom as donot affect the spirit of the invention nor exceed the scope thereof asexpressed in the L appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of our invention.

' Figure 2 is an end view thereof.

Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof. Figure 4 is a transverse sectionalView approximately on the line 4.1 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary elevation with parts broken away to illustratethe manner in which one of the plugs is connected with one of theheating coils.

Figure 6 is a perspective view looking toward the inner face of one ofthe heating plates.

' Figure 7 is a plan view to illustrate the resistance wire employed.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the clip that connects the flanged endof the plug to the flanged end of the metal element to which the heatingcoil is secured.

bridge member 20 that passes through upper As disclosed by the drawingswe make use of two flat metal plates 1 respectively. The plates on theirinner faces are formed with continuous thickened portions'2 that affordcontinuous shoulders 3 between the upper 5 ends and edges of the plates1.

Arranged against the inner face 2 of each of the plates lthere arespaced strips of nonelectric conducting material such as mica or thelike. These strips are indicated by the numeral 4 and between each pairof strips there is arranged a heating coil 5. The ends of the coil areconnected to metal-plates 6 and 7, respectively, theplates 7 being inthe'nature of a strip and has one end projecting through a notched uppercorner in the plates 4. This end is formed or offset, as at 8. Thesecond plate is substantially V-shaped in plan and has its reduced endprojecting beyond the strips and bent or flanged, as at 9. 70 The platesare held in contacting relation by an inner metal plate 10 which issecured to the outer or face plate 1 by bolts 11. Bee tween the bolts 11the inner metal plate 10 is provided with a threaded opening 12.

The plates 10 are of the same size as the inner faces 2 of the plates 1,and arranged over the'ends and edges of the said plates 10 and likewisearranged over the shoulders 3 provided between the inner and outer facesof the plates 1 there are the flanged covering members 13 of theimprovement. These members may be integrally formed of some suitablehardened insulated material and the outer faces of the said cover platesare thickened and slightly rounded and secured to the plates 10 byscrews 14 that pass through suitable openings in the said cover platesand also are threaded in the openings 12. Before the cover plates arepositioned metal channeled clips 15, such as disclosed by Figure 8 ofthe drawings are arranged over the flanged ends 9 of the plates 7 andlikewise receive therein the lower flange-d ends of substantially U-shaped metal plates 16. The U-shaped plates are held on flanged tubes 17of insulating material through the medium of nuts 19, and the nuts haveconnected thereto the coils of av tubes of insulating material 21,whereby the respective plates 7 are electrically connected.

The plugs for introducing the electricity into and out of the respectivemetal plates or flap jaws of the improvement are indicated by thenumeral 2 and have their lower ends straight and passed through one endof the casing. or covering plates 13 and held therein by nuts 25,respectively. The inner nut holds against the end face of each of thecover plates a substantially U-shaped metal member 26 and arranged overthe outer. flange of the said metal member and over the flange 9 on theend plates for the heating coils there are the channeled clips 15, andwhereby. an electric connection is obtained between the heating coils inboth of the plates or creasing jaws 1..

Each of the cover members 13 has secured to its ends upstanding arms 27,each of the same length and each of the arms is approximately centrallyformed with inwardly directed ears 28 which are arranged in lappingrelation at the respective ends of the device. There is passed throughthese cars pivots 80.

":The upper ends of therespective pairs of arms 27 have fixed thereonhandle members 31 of insulating material and between the oppositelydisposed pairs of insulated handles there are arranged coiled pressuresprings 32,

the tension of the springs being sufficient to hold the flat presserplates or irons 1 tightly against each other.

- A conductor wire is plugged in a house circuit. The conductor wiresare, of course, in-

sulated and have'their ends provided with two sockets to receive therespective plugs 24. 'The flow of-electricity through the conductor-wire is preferably controlled by a switch. hen the creasing plates orwhat we will term irons 1 are sufficiently heated, and

after the garment to be creased has been suspended from a suitablehanger the operator exerts a pressure against the handles 31, therebyswinging the irons 1 to open position so that they can receive'therebetween the portion of the goods or garment to be pressed. Theoperator places his disengaged hand upon the garment so as to hold thesame in proper position to be creased and by regulating the pressureupon the handles 31, can move the device over the garment and there bymay easily, quickly and efficiently crease the said garment.

The construction ofthe improvement and the advantages thereof will, itis thought, be apparent to those skilled in the art to which suchinvention relates without further detailed description.

Having described the invention, we claim: In a hand operated clothescreasing device, two contacting irons, each including an outer plate andan inner plate which are insulated from each other, heating coilsbetween the plates, metal members having offset ends secured to the endsof the coils, a cover of insumember secured between the ends of therespcctive irons, and springs between the opposed handle membersexerting a pressure thereagainst for forcing the handles away from eachother and the irons toward each other. t

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

ROYE. OONLEY. OTTO M. OONLEY.

